Edgar, Wisconsin.
Typical home $266,128 (+10.7% in a year). Wausau-Weston, WI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$782 (+127%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $25,702 +11%
- $240,426$266,128 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $75,905 +40%
- $190,223$266,128 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Edgar$1,397
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Edgar, WI rose 10.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Edgar, Marathon County, Wisconsin
Edgar is a village of 1,439 people in Marathon County. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Marathon County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Edgar is a village in Marathon County, Wisconsin, and most homes there are lived in by their owners. The population is older than in much of the country, and a four-year degree is less common among adults than it is nationally. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm in July, with a fair amount of rain and melted snow through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops, and farming and forestry also employing many. Across Marathon County, some of the largest workplaces are Aspirus Wausau Hospital, the Wausau School District and Marathon Cheese. Unemployment in the county is low, though the county had somewhat fewer jobs last year than the year before.
Things to do. Outdoor options are plentiful in the area, though each is a longer drive away. Rib Mountain State Park is a protected area, and Granite Peak Ski Area suits the snowy winters. For something indoors, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum is also a longer drive away.
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- 725households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Marathon County had 69,778 jobs in 2025, 1.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 23° and lows near 7°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 59°. About 64 inches of snow and 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wausau Dwtn Airport weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Marathon County
- Aspirus Wausau HospitalGeneral hospital2,009FTE
- Wausau School DistrictSchool district1,167FTE
- Marathon CheeseCheese, natural, manufacturing848
- Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc - Main PlantSash, door and window, wood and covered wood, manufacturing774
- D C Everest Area School DistrictSchool district771FTE
- Crystal Finishing Systems - SchofieldPainting metals and metal products for the trade610
- Abbyland FoodsBeef produced in slaughtering plants570
- Marshfield Medical Center WestonGeneral hospital563FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 230 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 27,973 people in all across the county; Edgar has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Marathon County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Marathon County and the Wausau-Weston, WI metro.
Edgar home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Edgar$266,128
- Wisconsin$337,196
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Edgar address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Edgar — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.